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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police Sgt. Flaherty retires

       Police Sgt. Robert Flaherty’s retirement from the township force was accepted by the Township Committee on March 12.    The retirement of Sgt. Flaherty, whose served 25 years in the township, was effective Feb. 1.    Police Chief Paul Kaminsky said the department was in the process of replacing him.

  • MANVILLE: Library Happenings column, issue of March 28

       On the Easter holiday weekend, the Manville Public Library will be open on Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.    Tax forms: The library doesn’t have New Jersey tax forms. Call 888-238-1233 or use the state Department of Treasury website. The library has some federal forms; call 877-777-4778 for…

  • MANVILLE: Three Elks members take the plunge for charity

    MANVILLE: Three Elks members take the plunge for charity

    By Mary Ellen Day, Special to the News    It wasn’t exactly beach weather, but to three Manville-Hillsborough Elk members it didn’t really matter. The trio put on swim suits and joined more than 100 others on March 16 to rush into the wintry Atlantic Ocean for a good cause.    Manville residents Mike Knitowski and Mark…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Locals fight to save St. Mary School

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Locals fight to save St. Mary School

    Catholic bishop absent from meeting despite community outreach By Amy Batista, Special Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — A community coalition of parents and alumni revealed its financial, leadership and marketing plan to save the historic St. Mary School on Tuesday night.    However, Bishop David O’Connell of the Catholic Diocese of Trenton, which oversees the school and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Clint Benson charged with driving truck into man

    HILLSBOROUGH: Clint Benson charged with driving truck into man

    Picasa Clint Benson (booking photo from Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office)

  • MANVILLE: Kids’ art, poetry hits the rue

    MANVILLE: Kids’ art, poetry hits the rue

    The ABIS Art Club helped turn the school hallways, cafe and library into a Paris street atmosphere. In back row, from left, are Sarah Hujber, Hunter Lambert, Alex Gonzalez, Monica Lallkissoon, Kerrigan Johnston. In middle row, from left, Novena Petryk-Cordi, Mary Klein, Kayla Molesko, Autumn Walker, teacher and Art Club advisor Jennifer Kohl. In front…

  • Mark Di Ionno to discuss his book The Last Newspaperman at the NJ State Library

    Mark Di Ionno to discuss his book The Last Newspaperman at the NJ State Library

    By Gary Cooper On Wednesday, April 17, from noon to 1 p.m., the New Jersey State Library will present a free lunch-time program, The Last Newspaperman with author Mark Di Ionno. The Last Newspaperman is a story about tabloid journalism in the 1920s and 30s and how it created the crime-saturated and celebrity-obsessed media we…

  • SEMINAR ON INTELLIGENCE TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

    By irene maslowski SEMINAR ON INTELLIGENCE TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS        A one-day course on Internet Intelligence Training for law enforcement officers will be held on April 16 at the John H. Stamler Police Academy in Scotch Plains, N.J., that will provide instruction on how to uncover valuable information from public…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Former NFL star named RHS coach

       ROBBINSVILLE — The Robbinsville Township Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment of former NFL star Irving Fryar as the next head football coach at the high school.    The appointment was made at Tuesday’s board meeting.    Mr. Fryar played in the NFL for 17 years for the New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles and…